Electoral district of Albany

Albany
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Albany; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Albany (dark green) in Western Australia
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–present
MP	Rebecca Stephens
Party	Labor
Namesake	Albany
Electors	27,464 (2021)
Area	4,324 km2 (1,669.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	34°44′S 118°09′E / 34.73°S 118.15°E
	Electorates around Albany:

Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been elected in the inaugural 1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly. It is regarded as a swinging seat, and has been held by the Labor Party since the 2001 election, at which Peter Watson was first elected. Watson announced his retirement prior to the 2021 election and was succeeded in the seat by Labor Party colleague, Rebecca Stephens.^[1]

Geography

As at the 2015 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany contains the entirety of two local government areas: the City of Albany, and the Shire of Jerramungup.^[2]

At the 2007 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany had the same boundaries as the City of Albany, including Albany and its suburbs, the nearby towns of Elleker, Kalgan, Lower King, Torbay.^[3] This represented a significant expansion of its boundaries, in part due to the "one-vote one-value" electoral legislation which largely abolished malapportionment between country and metropolitan electorates in the Legislative Assembly. Prior to 2007, the electorate was largely limited to Albany and its suburbs—the additional sections were within the now abolished electorate of Stirling.^[4]

Members for Albany

	Party	Term
Lancel de Hamel	Oppositionist	1890–1894
George Leake	Oppositionist	1894–1900
John Hassell	Oppositionist	1900–1901
James Gardiner	Oppositionist	1901–1904
Charles Keyser	Labor	1904–1905
Charles Keyser	Ministerialist	1905
Edward Barnett	Ministerialist	1905–1909
William Price	Labor	1909–1917
Herbert Robinson	Nationalist	1917–1919
John Scaddan	Nationalist	1919–1920
	Country	1920–1923
	Country (MCP)	1923–1924
Arthur Wansbrough	Labor	1924–1936
Leonard Hill	Country	1936–1956
Jack Hall	Labor	1956–1970
Wyndham Cook	Labor	1970–1974
Leon Watt	Liberal	1974–1993
Kevin Prince	Liberal	1993–2001
Peter Watson	Labor	2001–2021
Rebecca Stephens	Labor	2021–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Albany^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rebecca Stephens	11,804	50.8	+6.2
	Liberal	Scott Leary	4,236	18.2	+0.9
	National	Delma Baesjou	2,480	10.7	−9.0
	Greens	Nelson Gilmour	1,310	5.6	−1.0
	Christians	Ian 't Hart	1,246	5.4	+0.3
	One Nation	Michelle Kinsella	602	2.6	−4.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Karrie Louden	459	2.0	+2.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Caroline Cull	417	1.8	+1.8
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Sandra Madeo	325	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Dodson	170	0.7	+0.7
	Sustainable Australia	Barry Purcell	143	0.6	+0.6
	WAxit	Emil Bacanaru	47	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			23,239	96.7	+0.1
Informal votes			799	3.3	−0.1
Turnout			24,038	87.5	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rebecca Stephens	14,780	63.7	+7.8
	Liberal	Scott Leary	8,432	36.3	+36.3
	Labor hold